Love is Like a Wind Chime

1 Cor 13:1-3: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."

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Before I fall asleep on windy nights, I can hear my neighbor’s wind chimes on her front porch. They sound tinkly and gentle. I’m so glad she doesn’t have a big gong so every time the wind blew, it made a BONG! BONG! sound.

That would be so irritating!

Paul is telling his readers that talent, wisdom, even faith and sacrifice, without love are like a gong – irritating and worthless. It would be like someone sacrificing his life for his own benefit. No one would be helped. What good is that?

If we’re going to improve the world, let’s do it for love and not for ourselves. Let’s be like my neighbor’s wind chimes and do it gently, not irritating people with selfishness we try to disguise as love.

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We’re currently getting blasted with a terrible snowstorm which may produce 12 in. of snow.

I hope everyone reading this is safe.

Take care,
Kayleen